Republican US senator presses Energy Department on seabed mining
A top Republican US senator urged the US energy secretary this week to provide information on the Biden administration's strategy for domestic mining of minerals for electric vehicle batteries on the seabed floor.
Seabed mining is a new industry that backers say can supply many of the metals including nickel, copper, cobalt, and manganese for advanced batteries and other components in electric vehicles.
The Biden administration's strategy to fight emissions blamed for climate change includes boosting batteries and electric vehicles.